Refrigerator.



Patented Aug. I899. P. J. McHENRY & W. T. NORTON.

REFRIGERATOR.

App1ica.tion med May 20, 1899.)

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PHILIP J. MCHENRY AND WILLIAM T. NORTON, OF WVASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNORS TO JACOB NEUBERGER, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 630,258, dated August 1, 1899. Application filed May 20, 1899. Serial No. 717,622. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, PHILIP J. MCHENRY and WILLIAM T. NORTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; andwe do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to refrigerators, and has for its object the production of an improved appliance of this character which is adapted for preserving articles of food and for cooling beer or other liquor contained in kegs or like vessels, the appliance to this end consisting, generally speaking, in a refrigerator provided in its upper portion with a chamber for containing ice and in its lower portion with a chamber for articles of food and be tween the chambers with a recess into which is rem ovabl y inserted a box or receptacle con taining a keg of beer or the like, the box with its contents in a refrigerated condition to be supplied by the brewer.

A feature of our invention resides in the adaptability of the refrigerated beer-box for preserving the contents of the food-charnber and in the alternate use of the ice-chamber for refrigerating the contents of the beer-box and food-chamber in the event that the ice in the box becomes exhausted, it being understood that the icechamber is supplied with the refrigerant only when the exhaustion in the beer-box takes place.

Certain details of construction enter into our invention, which is set forth in detail in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a refrigerator embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional View taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings,.A denotes the casing of the refrigerator, provided in its top with an opening, over which is a hinged cover a. Be-

low the opening in the upper portion of the casin g is a receptacle B, preferably supported at its upper end on ledges. This receptacle constitutes'a chamber into which ice may be introduced through the opening. In the lower portion of the casing A is an inner casing C, forming a chamber for articles of food. The walls of the casing C are separated from the outer-casing walls to provide a space for cold air. At the front of the casing A, opposite to the inner casing, is an opening closed by hinged doors a.

Between the receptacle B and inner casing C is a recess a to receive the beer-box D, the opening to the recess being at the front and closed by a door a hinged to swing, prefer ably, upwardly and supported when raised by an arm e. The box D is slid into the recess on ways f, which support the box free of the outer and inner casings to provide coldair space. The beer-box is preferably of rectangular form and is provided at its top with a hinged cover (I. In the bottom of the box are skid-blocks d for supporting the keg or receptacle G, and at the sides of the blocks are walls or partitions, the lower portion 61 of each of which is fixed, while the upper portion d is hinged to the lower portion at d and is curved to conform to the periphery of the keg. In practice, the keg being inserted, the upper partition portions (1 are brought over the keg, the partition ends lapping, and there is thus provided ample space both at the sides and above the keg for ice, which, as before stated, is supplied by the brewer with the box. On one of the portions d is a handle (Z which is of sufficient height to contact with the under side of the cover (Z when the latter is lowered, whereby the keg is held against movement during transportation. In the front of the box and also in the door a are openings for the faucet g. Vith the beer-box in place the temperature of the contained ice sufiiciently cools the air circulating in the spaces around the box and the chamber C to preserve the contents of the latter. If, however, the

ice in the box should become exhausted, the receptacle B is supplied with ice, with the result that the beer is kept at the proper temperature and the contents of the chamber C are preserved.

The receptacle B is separated from the walls of the casing A to provide cold-air space, and,

if desired, air-openings (shown at b) may be provided in the receptacle-walls. 1

By our invention small kegs having a capacity of, say, ,two dozen pints ofliquor may bepr'ovided by the brewer, who will supply the :kegs as they are required ready iced. The box containing the keg when delivered is placed in the refrigerator, and the consumer is thus under ordinary conditions saved from the expense of purchasing ice for preserving the contents of the refrigerator and for coolin g theliquor usually supplied for household use in bottles. a

We claim as our invention 1. A refrigerating appliance comprising a refrigerator having in itsupper portion a receptacle for ice, and in its lower portion a chamber for articles of food, and provided between the receptacle and chamber with a recess, a'box removably inserted in the recess, said box adapted for holding a keg or like vessel of liquor and for containing ice,

and provided with a hole for the faucet of said keg, said box and receptacle being adapted alternately for refrigeration.

2. A refrigerating appliance comprising a refrigerator having in its upper portion a receptacle for ice, and in its lower portion a chamber for'articles of food, said receptacle and chamber being separated from the refrigerator-wall to provide air-space, and a refrigerator beer-box, having a hole to accommodate the faucet, removably insertible in a recess provided in the refrigerator between the receptacle and chamber, said box having partitions at the sides of the keg to provide ice-space, and having means for holding the keg against movement.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP J. MCHENRY. WILLIAM T. NORTON.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR BROWNING, F. L. \BROWNE. 

